politics

"My objection to Liberalism is this—that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind—namely, politics—of philosophical ideas instead of political principles."

"It was not against Louis the XVIth, but against the despotic principles of the government, that the nation revolted. These principles had not their origin in him, but in the original establishment, ma…"

"Because it would be Un-American."

"Several weeks before General Patton died in a command car accident in 1945, he visited my headquarters at Ingolstadt. Over lunch he remarked on a recent visit he had made to the United States where th…"

"In this country, the number of individuals on the government payroll certainly underestimates the importance of government."

"The rule of dollar democracy by our financiers and industrialists at home has been translated into a regime of dollar diplomacy abroad and in our vast colonial possessions. American democracy now trul…"

"There are common-sense things that your government could do that would give Americans more opportunities to succeed. Why don’t we do it? Because powerful special interests and the tendency to put ideo…"

"State interference is an evil, where it cannot be shown to be a good."

"he entire country should man up. We are drowning in weenification and snowflakiness. Shall we grow a national pair?"

"Many people consider the things government does for them to be social progress but they regard the things government does for others as socialism."

"It is the Republicans who have given us government that has been both corrupt and extravagant; aided the tax dodger and transferred his load to the taxpayer — you and me; made every function of state …"

"To those who oppose the steps I’m announcing today, let me say that I respect your passion and share your commitment to liberty and democracy. The question is how we uphold that commitment. I do not b…"

"My book argues that the gun industry is purposely making guns sexier in terms of their killing power in order to rejuvenate the market. What I'm saying now is that in terms of our country, and in our …"

"We Indians, Arjun, are so good at respecting outward forms while ignoring the substance. We took the forms of parliamentary democracy, preserved them, put them on pedestal and paid them due obeisance.…"

"Web resources from Wayne State University"

"We have built no national temples but the Capitol; we consult no common oracle but the Constitution."

"It is not the State that orders us; but it is we who order the State!"

"The welfare of a nation can scarcely be inferred from a measurement of national income."

"This president is a miserable failure on foreign policy and on the economy and he's got to be replaced."

"When he stood in queues to vote in general elections, a few people criticised this practice, saying that a head of state should not be seen taking sides in an election. But the overwhelming response w…"